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Genesis 44:22

20 And we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’

21 Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.’

So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’

23 But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’

24 Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.

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BSB
So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
KJV
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
WEB
We said to my lord, ‘The boy can’t leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’
ASV
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
DARBY
And we said to my lord, The youth cannot leave his father: if he should leave his father, [his father] would die.
BLB
And we said to my lord, ‘The boy is not able to leave his father, and [if] he should leave his father, then he shall die.’
ÅB
Da sa vi til min herre: Gutten kan ikke forlate sin far; for hvis han forlater sin far, da vil hans far dø.
OTB
Vi sa til min herre, ‘Gutten kan ikke forlate sin far; hvis han forlater, vil hans far dø.’
B1930
Da sa vi til min herre: Gutten kan ikke forlate sin far; for hvis han forlater sin far, da vil hans far dø.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 42:38

    But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”

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  • Genesis 44:30

    So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,

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